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The aim of the present study was to ascertain whether or not phosphocreatine (PC) could produce electrophysiological and inotropic effects in isolated rabbit cardiac preparations. Exogenous PC (50 mmol/1) was introduced into many cells simultaneously by the “cut-end” and “saponinated-end” methods. PC that entered the cells (opened by cutting or chemical disruption of the sarcolemma) in the loading region, passed through the preparation intercellularly and evoked the following effects in the test region. PC enhanced the spontaneous rate and probably shifted the pacemaker in sinus node strips. On the other hand, PC elevated the action potential amplitude and duration and increased the isometric tension in atrial and ventricular strips. Furthermore, PC applied into ventricular cells partially prevented the effects of hypoxia. These findings suggest that PC may act in cardiac muscle as an intercellular energy carrier. The effects of PC introduced intracellularly resembled these evoked byO-benzyl-phosphocreatine — a permeant synthetic phosphagen - applied via superfusion.
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Tuganowski, W. The effects of phosphocreatine introduced simultaneously into many cardiac cells. Pflugers Arch. 431, 652–657 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191916
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